Please Help Me Create A Parabola

Question

Using the function f(x) = ax^2 + bx + c create your own parabola.
Answer these questions about your parabola:

What are the zeros?

What is the y-intercept?

What are the coordinates of the vertex?

What's the equation for the axis of symmetry

Answer 1

You are merely being asked to choose values of a, b and c, and then to use your knowledge to find various characteristics.

 

Example: x coordinate of axis of symmetry is -b/(2a); axis of symmetry : x = the result of that calculation.

 

These questions revolve around your general knowledge of how to factor, or how to use the quadratic equation, to find the zeros of the function (a.k.a. x intercepts).